1 Corinthians 6:5

I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you? no, not one that shall be able to judge between his brethren? YOUR SHAME. He checks their puffed-up spirit (). To shame you out of your present unworthy course, I have said (), 'Set the least esteemed to judge.' IS IT SO? - Are you so helpless that, etc.? NOT A WISE MAN - though ye admire "wisdom" so much (). The title 'Cacham,' or wise man, was applied to each Rabbi in Jewish councils. NO, NOT ONE - not even one, amidst so many reputed for wisdom (). Shall be...

5._I speak to your shame _The meaning is — “If other considerations do not influence you, let it at least be considered by you, how disgraceful it is to you that _there is not so much as one among you _who is qualified to settle an affair amicably among _brethren _— an honor which you assign to _unbelievers _Now this passage is not inconsistent with the declaration which we met with above, when he stated that he did not make mention of their faults with the view of _shaming them_, (1 Corinthians 4:14,) for instead of this, by putting them to _shame _in this manner, he calls them back from disgrace, (331) and shows that he is desirous to promote their honor. He does not wish them, then, to form so unfavorable an opinion of their society, as to take away from all their _brethren _an honor which they allow tounbelievers

1-8 Christians should not contend with one another, for they are brethren. This, if duly attended to, would prevent many law-suits, and end many quarrels and disputes. In matters of great damage to ourselves or families, we may use lawful means to right ourselves, but Christians should be of a forgiving temper. Refer the matters in dispute, rather than go to law about them. They are trifles, and may easily be settled, if you first conquer your own spirits. Bear and forbear, and the men of least skill among you may end your quarrels. It is a shame that little quarrels should grow to such a head among Christians, that they cannot be determined by the brethren. The peace of a man's own mind, and the calm of his neighbourhood, are worth more than victory. Lawsuits could not take place among brethren, unless there were faults among them....

Verse 1 Corinthians 6:5. _IS IT SO, THAT THERE IS NOT A WISE MAN AMONG YOU?_] Have you none among yourselves that can be arbitrators of the differences which arise, that you go to the heathen tribunals?...

I SPEAK TO YOUR SHAME - I declare that which is a reproach to you, that your matters of dispute are carried before pagan tribunals. IS IT SO ... - Can it be that in the Christian church - the church collected in refined and enlightened Corinth - there is not a single member so wise, intelligent and prudent that his brethren may have confidence in him, and refer their causes to him? Can this be the case in a church that boasts so much of its wisdom, and that prides itself so much in the number and qualifications of its intelligent members?...

EXPOSITION 1 CORINTHIANS 6:1 _Litigation before heathen courts forbidden._ 1 CORINTHIANS 6:1 DARE ANY OF YOU? rather, _Dare any one of you? _It is in St. Paul's view an _audacious _defiance of Christian duties to seek from the heathen the justice due from brother to brother. A MATTER; some ground of civil dispute. AGAINST ANOTHER; _i.e. _against another Christian. When one of the litigants was a heathen, Christians were allowed to go before heathen law courts, because no other remedy was possible. GO TO LAW BEFORE THE UNJUST. The "unjust" is here used for "Gentiles," because it at once suggests a reason against the dereliction

I SPEAK TO YOUR SHAME,.... Not that they did set such persons to judge, but that they did not; and instead of so doing went to law with their brethren before the unjust: IS IT SO THAT THERE IS NOT A WISE MAN AMONG YOU? this also the apostle speaks to their shame, who had so much gloried in their wisdom, and boasted of their parts and abilities to the contempt of others, and even of the apostle himself; and yet acted as if there was not a wise man among them capable of judging and determining trivial matters, but they must carry them before unconverted persons: NO NOT ONE THAT SHALL BE ABLE TO JUDGE BETWEEN HIS BRETHREN? for though the above mentioned benches consisted of three persons, yet the contending parties might choose one man to be an arbitrator and judge between them. The rule with the Jews was this f; "pecuniary judgments are by three, but if he is authorised or approved by t...

1. _Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints?_ In those days, the courts of law were utterly unjust. It was all a matter of who could bribe the most, for he would gain the suit. I think that we cannot say that it is quite like this at the present time in our law courts, neither can this verse be strictly a rule for the guidance of men in these days, except that, in the spirit of Paul's words, all lawsuits among Christians should be avoided if possible. 1 Corinthians 6:2. _Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters? Know ye not that we shall judge angels?_ Sitting with Christ, at the last great day of judgment, we shall give our «Amen» to the condemnation of the fallen spiri

CHAPTER 6 __ 1. Concerning Disputes before Heathen Courts. (1 Corinthians 6:1). 2. The Holiness of Believers; Their Bodies the Temples of the Holy Spirit. (1 Corinthians 6:8). Instead of settling their disputes amongst themselves, as it becomes the Saints of God, they brought their difficulties before a heathen court. In doing this they had lost sight of the dignity of their calling. The Saints of God are to reign with Christ and share His glory; they shall judge the world and angels in that day. Going to a heathen court to have these matters settled by one who was not a child of God, but unrighteous, was unworthy of them; they were making known their own shame before the world. If they had remembered that coming day of glory, when as Saints they were to par

THE SCANDAL OF CHRISTIANS SUING EACH OTHER BEFORE HEATHEN TRIBUNALS. Paul has prepared for his next rebuke by his reference to the function of the church to judge its own members. But alas, Christians are to be found who will go so far as shamelessly to carry their disputes with each other before a tribunal of the unrighteous (what a paradox to appeal for justice to the unjust!) instead of submitting them to their fellow-Christians. They cannot be so ill-instructed as to be unaware that Christians are to judge the world; if so, they cannot be unfit to settle such trumpery squabbles. Yes, if even the angels, the world's loftiest order, are to stand at their bar, how much more are they competent to judge matters of everyday need! When they have such cases, they actually set heathens to decide them, who as such are of no account in the estimation of the church. The statement of the fact sho...